AL-BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Study Plan Structure: Bachelor Degree in Doctor of Medicine (M.D)
Name of the Degree: Doctor of Medicine (M.D)
Study plan qualifying student to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Doctor of Medicine (M.D).
This study plan is to be applied on students admitted to the Faculty of Medicine as of the academic year
2015/2016.
The distribution of courses and credit hours for being eligible to be awarded the M.D. degree will be as
follows:

Components of the Study Plan:

The study plan of the Doctor of Medicine (M.D) is composed of (256) credit hours distributed as shown
below:

First University Requirements 27 Credit hours

Second Requirements in Basic Sciences 17 Credit hours
Third Requirements in Basic Medical Sciences 82 Credit hours
Fourth Requirements in Clinical Sciences 130 Credit hours
Total 256 Credit hours

Coding System:

Academic level Cognitive program Field of specialty Year level Area Sequence No.
3 1 5 0 1 2 0 4

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1- Specialty Codes (Department Codes):

Code Specialty
00 Shared Course (more than one department)
01 Physiology and Biochemistry
02 Anatomy and Histology
03 Pharmacology
04 Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine
05 Family and Community Medicine
06 Special Surgery
07 General Surgery
08 Internal Medicine
09 Pediatrics
10 Obstetrics and Gynecology
11 Anesthesia and Intensive Care
12 Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

2- Course Codes:

Course Code Course Title

0 Introduction
1 Neuroscience System
2 Endocrinology and Metabolism
3 Cardiovascular System
4 Respiratory System
5 Digestive System
6 Genitourinary System
7 Blood and Lymphatic System
8 Musculoskeletal System and Skin
9 Special Cases

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First:-

University Requirements:
(27) Credit hours distributed as shown below:

A- Obligatory University Requirements: (21) credit hours consisting of:

Course No. Course Name Prerequisite Weekly Teaching Hours Credit Hours
Theory Practical
35003101 Arabic Language (1) - 3 - 3
35003102 Arabic Language (2) 35003101 3 - 3
35004101 English Language (1) - 3 - 3
35004102 English Language (2) 35004101 3 - 3
35005101 Computer Skills (1) - 2 3 3
35001101 Military Sciences - 3 - 3
35002100 National Education - 3 - 3
Total - 20 3 21

B- Elective University Requirements: (6) credit hours, student should choose of the below courses which
posed by other departments:

Course No. Course Name Credit hours

36001101 Communication Skills 3
36002102 Principles of Psychology 3
36003103 Jordanian Community 3
36004104 Sports for All 3
36005105 Islamic Education 3
36006106 Administrative and Economic Concepts 3
36007107 Agriculture in Jordan 3
36008108 Environment and Society 3

All students must pass the exams in Arabic, English Language and Computer Skills. Who fails in any of
these exams should register for remedy courses outside the study plan.

Faculty Requirements:

(229) obligatory credit hours distributed as shown below:

A. Requirements in Basic Sciences. (17) Credit Hours
B. Requirements in Basic Medical Sciences. (82) Credit Hours
C. Requirements in Clinical Sciences. (130) Credit Hours

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A- Requirements in Basic Sciences:
(17) Credit hours including the following courses:

Course No. Course Name Weekly Teaching Hours Credit Hours

Theory Practical
30203104 General Biology 3 - 3
30203114 General Biology/Practical - 3 1
30206106 Chemistry for Medical Student 4 - 4
30206131 Organic Chemistry for Medical Students 3 - 3
30201106 Medical Physics 3 - 3
30801101 Computer Skills (2) for Students from Scientific 2 3 3
Faculties
Total 15 6 17

B- Requirement in Basic Medical Sciences:

(82) Credit hours including the following courses:

Course No. Course Name Weekly Teaching/Training Credit Hours

Hours
Theory Practical
(Lab/Clinical
Training/Field Visits)
31502110 Anatomy and Embryology 2 3 3
31502111 General Histology 1 3 2
31501100 Introduction to Physiology 2 - 2
31501102 Introduction to Biochemistry 2 - 2
31501221 Biochemistry 3 - 3
31503203 Introduction to Pharmacology 3 - 3
31504204 Introduction to Microbiology 3 - 3
31504205 Introduction to Pathology 2 3 3
31501261 Principles of Genetics and Molecular 3 - 3
Biology
31505201 Community Medicine 3 - 3
31505204 Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2 3 3
31505291 Public Health 3 - 3
31500231 Cardiovascular System 4 3 5
31500271 Blood and Lymphatic System 3 3 4
31500251 Digestive System 5 3 6
31504301 Introduction to Medical Immunology 2 - 2
31500381 Musculoskeletal System and Skin 4 3 5
31500341 Respiratory System 4 3 5
31500321 Endocrine System 3 3 4
31500311 Nervous System and Special Senses 5 6 7
31500361 Genitourinary System 5 3 6
31508301 Behavioral Sciences 3 - 3
31505391 Health Economics and Policies 2 - 2
Total in Credit Hours 69 13 82
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 Total in Contact Hours 69 39 108

C- Requirements in Clinical Sciences:

(130) Credit hours including the following courses:

Course No. Course Name Clinical Credit Hours

Training in
Weeks
31500401 Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Medical 8 8
Ethics
31500402 Medicine (1) 10 10
31507403 General Surgery (1) 10 10
31507412 Clinical Neurosciences 3 3
31508401 Anesthesia and Intensive Care 3 3
31506481 Orthopedic Surgery 4 4
31509491 Primary health Care/ Medicine 3

31509502 Pediatrics (1) 8 8

31508512 Psychiatry 4 4
31506511 Ophthalmology 2 2
31506541 Otolaryngology 2 2
31506561 Urology 2 2
31508582 Dermatology 2 2
31500591 Emergency Medicine 2 2
31504592 Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 1 1
31512593 Diagnostic Radiology 2 2
31505594 Family Medicine 4 4
31503562 Obstetrics and Gynecology (1) 8 8
31503590 Therapeutics - 3
31509595 Primary Health Care/Pediatrics - 3

31500691 Elective Clinical Training 8 8

31508602 Medicine (2) 8 8
31507603 General Surgery (2) 8 8
31507602 Pediatrics (2) 8 8
31510662 Obstetrics and Gynecology (2) 8 8
31500692 Graduation Project 6
Total 115 130

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Guidance Plan for Registration Purposes (Annual Plan):

First Year

First Semester Second Semester

Credit Credit
Course No. Course Name Hours Course No. Course Name Hours
30203104 General Biology 3 31502110 Anatomy and Embryology 3
30203114 General Biology/Practical 1 31502111 General Histology 2
General Chemistry for 31501100 Introduction to Physiology 2
30206106
Medical Students 4
30206131 Organic Chemistry for 3
30201106 Medical Physics
3 Medical Students
30801101 Computer Skills (2) 3
3 University Req. Course
University Req. Course 3 University Req. Course 3

Total 17 Total 16

Summer Semester
Course No. Course Name Credit Hours
31501102 Introduction to Biochemistry 2
University Req. Course 3
University Req. Course 3
Total 8

Second Year

First Semester Second Semester

Credit Course Credit
Course No. Course Name Hours No. Course Name Hours
31501221 Biochemistry 3 31500231 Cardiovascular System 5
31504204 Introduction to Microbiology 3 31500271 Blood and Lymphatic System 4
31504205 Introduction to Pathology 3 31500251 Digestive System 6
Introduction to 31501261 Principles of Genetics and
31503203 Pharmacology 3 Molecular Biology 3
31505201 Community Medicine 3
University Req. Course 3

Total 18 Total 18

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 Summer Semester
Course No. Course Name Credit Hours
31505291 Public Health 3
31505204 Epidemiology and Biostatistics 3
University Req. Course 3
Total 9

Third Year

First Semester Second Semester

Course Credit Course Credit
No. Course Name Hours No. Course Name Hours
Musculoskeletal System and Nervous System and Special
31500381 5 31500311 7
Skin Senses
31500341 Respiratory System 5 31500361 Genitourinary System 6
31500321 Endocrine System 4 31508301 Behavioral Sciences 3
Health Economics and
Introduction to Medical
31504301 2 31505391 Policies 2
Immunity
3
University Req. Course

Total 19 Total 18

Fourth Year Include Summer Semester

Fourth Year
Clinical Training
Course No. Course Name in Weeks Credit Hours
31500401 Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Medical Ethics 8 8
31508402 Medicine (1) 10 10
31507403 General Surgery (1) 10 10
31500412 Clinical Neurosciences 3 3
31506481 Orthopedic Surgery 4 4
31511401 Anesthesia and Intensive Care 3 3
31508491 Primary Health Care / Medicine - 3
Total 38 41

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 Fifth Year Including Summer Semester

Fifth Year
Clinical Training
Course No. Course Name in Weeks Credit Hours
31509502 Pediatrics (1) 8 8
31510562 Gynecology and Obstetrics (1) 8 8
31508512 Psychiatry 4 4
31506511 Ophthalmology 2 2
31506561 Urology 2 2
31506541 Otolaryngology 2 2
31508582 Dermatology 2 2
31500591 Emergency Medicine 2 2
31504592 Forensic Medicine 1 1
31512593 Diagnostic Radiology 2 2
31505594 Family Medicine 4 4
31503590 Therapeutics - 3
31509595 Primary Health Care/Pediatrics - 3
Total 37 43

Sixth Year Including Summer Semester

Sixth Year
Clinical Training
Course No. Course Name in Weeks Credit Hours
31500691 Elective Clinical Training 8 8
31508602 Medicine (2) 8 8
31507603 General Surgery (2) 8 8
31506902 Pediatrics (2) 8 8
31510662 Gynecology and Obstetrics (2) 8 8
31500692 Graduation Project (Research Project) - 6
Total 40 46

Important Notes:
* Students who’s Arabic Language is not a mother language can take special courses in
Arabic (Arabic courses for Non-Arabic speakers).

* Military Sciences Course is required from Jordanians only. The Non-Jordanian students
who have not registered for this course must register and study another course from the
optional University requirements courses.

* Make sure to have a copy of the regulations governing the awarding of M.D. degree in
faculty of Medicine at Al-Balqa Applied University and read it very carefully for your own
benefit.

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 Course Description

Course Number: Course Name: 3 Credit Hours

30206131 Organic Chemistry for
Medical Students
Course Prerequisites: General Chemistry
This course introduces the science of organic chemistry for medical students. It emphasizes on
structural, physical and chemical properties of the organic compounds. It covers saturated
hydrocarbons, unsaturated hydrocarbons, benzene and aromatic compounds, stereochemistry,
substitution and elimination reactions for alkyl halides, alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones,
carboxylic acid derivatives and amines.

Course Number: Course Name: )4( Credit Hours

30206106 General Chemistry for
Medical Students
This course is aiming to give the basic fundamentals of chemistry. It provides a short review of the
atomic structure and periodic trends. It also provides an introduction to the bonding theories,
chemical reactions, explaining the principles of the chemical calculations, energy changes, reaction
rate, reaction equilibrium, gases, liquids, solids, solutions, acids, bases, nuclear and organic
chemistry.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
30201106 Medical Physics
In this course the following material will be covered: One dimensional motion, two dimensional
motion, Newton’s laws of motion, conservation of energy, the ideal gas, Archimedes’ principle,
equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s equation, optics and radiation.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
30203104 General Biology
This course covers, water and its importance to the environment and organisms, large bio-molecules
(structure and function), structure and function of primitive objects, nucleus, mitosis and meiosis,
DNA molecule and molecular genetics, DNA techniques, genetics of viruses, bacteria, fungi, cellular
metabolism and enzymes, membranes, the origin of species. This course will also cover the general
aspects of the following systems: digestive, cardiovascular, immune, reproductive, nervous and
circulatory.
Course Number: Course Name: )1( Credit Hour
30203114 General Biology Lab
Prerequisite 30203104.
This course will covers; the microscope and its usage to study the cell, chemical aspects of animal
and plant cells, anatomy of the cells in living preparations and cell division.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31502110 Anatomy & Embryology
This course covers introduction to gross anatomy of the body parts (upper & lower limbs, thorax,
abdomen, head & neck, and anatomy of the nervous system) including; terms, regions, muscles,
blood vessels, and nerves. This course also covers general embryology including the development of
embryo starting from the zygote, the fetal membranes, placenta and congenital anomaly.
Course Number: Course Name: )2( Credit Hours
31502111 General Histology
This course covers the cell with respect to structure, function and classification, epithelial cells, cell
structure of endocrine glands, peripheral blood, connective tissues, bone and cartilage, muscles,
nerves, blood vessels, lymph reticular tissue, skin and appendages.
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 Course Number: Course Name: )2( Credit Hours
31501100 Introduction to Physiology
This course covers the definition of physiology and the systems involved. It includes the study of
basic principles of physiology that involve subjects like, physiological units, biological membranes,
transport, homeostasis, body fluids, membrane potentials, hemodynamics and laws of blood flow
Course Number: Course Name: )2( Credit Hours
31501102 Introduction to
Biochemistry
This course covers the relationship between organic chemistry and biochemistry, structure of water
and its properties including polarization and ionization, acids, bases, and buffers. It also covers the
study of the structure and classification of carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acid, structure and
characteristics of proteins, hemoglobin, fibrous proteins, enzymes including their general properties,
classification, kinetics, mechanisms of inhibition and regulation.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31501221 Biochemistry
This course covers nucleic acids and nucleotides and gene structure. It also covers energy metabolism
including cellular bioenergetics, tricarboxylic acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. The course
also covers carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, nitrogen, amines, acids in addition to nutrients and
vitamins.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31503203 Introduction to
Pharmacology
This course covers the study of general characteristics of drugs and their historical development, drug
formulation and their sources, drug receptors, pharmacodynamics including mechanisms of action,
therapeutic doses, drug absorption, distribution in the body, metabolism and excretion, drug reactions
and toxicity, clinical evaluation of drugs, prescription, and drug information sources. It also covers
chemotherapy including types, mechanisms action, pharmacodynamics and side effects of
antimicrobial agents and anticancer drugs.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31504204 Introduction to
Microbiology
This course covers the study of microorganisms with respect to classification and structure of
bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi, their characteristics, growth and replication, and their
susceptibility to antimicrobials. It also covers the study of the types of microorganisms that cause
human disease, their pathogenesis, and methods of diagnosis, prevention and control.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31504205 Introduction to Pathology
This course covers the study of cell injury including its types, causes, and mechanisms, cellular
adaptation to growth and differentiation, inflammation including its types and mechanisms, cellular
healing, infections and its causes and characteristics, tumors and neoplasia, types of cancer, its
mechanisms of occurrence, characteristics and epidemiology, and circulatory disorders including
edema, congestion, thrombosis, infarction and shock.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31504301 Introduction to Medical
Immunology
This course covers the immune system including types of cells and tissues, their distribution in the
body, their functions, growth, development and differentiation, antigens and their characteristics,
antibodies and their types and functions, serologic reactions, the complement system and its functions
and activation, interaction between cells in the generation of the immune response, and immunologic
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disorders including autoimmunity, hypersensitivity, tumor immunology, immunology of
transplantation, and immunodeficiency diseases. Also it covers the drugs used in the treatment of
these diseases.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31501261 Principles of Genetics and
Molecular Biology
This course covers the basic principles of molecular biology and molecular genetics. Emphasis will
be given to those principles that have application in medical practice. The structure of DNA and RNA
as genetic material, DNA organization and its replication, mutation and repair in both prokaryotes and
eukaryotes will be covered. Furthermore, gene expression will also be discussed. The course also will
cover some aspects of cancer genetics, cytogenetic and molecular biology techniques.
The principles of molecular genetics and their application to a wide variety of clinical problems .
The practice of modern medicine includes recognition of the role of genetic factors in health and
disease. This requires knowledge of the structure, function, and transmission of genes and
understanding of interactions both among genes, and between genes and the environment.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31505201 Community Medicine
This course covers the topics of population science, primary health care, mother and child health,
ecology, health care systems and health planning. It also covers the concept of environmental health,
study the sources of pollution, classification of pollutants; including water, air, soil and occupational
pollutants, the relationship between pollution and work and social behavior, the effect of pollution on
health and methods of prevention of pollution and equipment used in this regard.
Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours
31505291 Public Health
This course covers health in the world from the aspects of measuring health and diseases in
communities and the reasons of their disparities and diseases burden, health equity, culture and
health, environmental health, chronic diseases, non-communicable disease, infectious diseases,
mother and child health, breastfeeding, nutrition, child development and mental health. The course
also covers health systems, health challenges especially to developing and emerging nations with
limited resources, health priorities for population groups with diverse cultural backgrounds,
catastrophes and emergencies, globalization and health, international human rights, social justice, and
international health regulations.

Course Number: Course Name: )3( Credit Hours

31505204 Epidemiology and
Biostatistics
This course covers analytical and descriptive epidemiology, the epidemiology of infectious and
chronic diseases; transmission of infectious diseases, descriptive statistics, the theory of probabilities,
levels of significance, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation and the use of statistics in
epidemiology.
Course Number: Course Name: )2( Credit Hours
31505391 Health Economics and
Policies
This course aims to introduce students to the general concepts of health economics and health
policies. The course will cover the topics of health value, demand on health care, health insurance
markets, health care management, governmental health insurance programs, health reform policies,

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health expenditure control, cost analysis and cost effectiveness, health determinants, and healt h
behaviors. It will also cover the economics of bad habits including smoking and alcohol consumption,
methods to improve health care delivery, evaluation of medical technology, regulations of health care
delivery physicians, components of health care delivery including hospitals and the pharmaceutical
industry.
Course Number: Course Name: )4( Credit Hours
31500321 Endocrine System
This course covers the endocrine system from the standpoints of anatomical and histological
structure, hormones including their structures, functions, mechanisms of action receptors, and their
metabolism in addition to the endocrinology disorders including hyperactivity or hypoactivity,
immune-mediated diseases, benign and malignant tumors and pharmacological properties of
hormones and drugs used in the treatment of endocrine diseases. The course is concluded by studying
the clinical aspects of the endocrine system including signs, symptoms and disease presentation.
Course Number: Course Name: )6( Credit Hours
31500251 Digestive System
This course covers the digestive system including the alimentary tract, liver, biliary tree and the
pancreas from the standpoints of anatomical and histological structure and function including
motility, secretions, digestion, chemistry of saliva and gastric secretions, bile, pancreatic secretions,
and digestive enzymes. It also covers diseases of the digestive system including infections, congenital
and acquired malformations, vascular disorders, peptic ulcer, and tumors of the digestive system,
immune mediated diseases, and drugs used in the treatment of these diseases as well as the clinical
aspects of the system including signs, symptoms, and disease presentation.
Course Number: Musculoskeletal System )5( Credit Hours
31500381 and Skin
This course covers the study of the locomotor system and skin including the anatomy and histology of
nerves, muscles and skin; the physiology of nerves and muscles, the biochemistry of muscle
contraction and neurotransmission. It also covers the diseases of the skin, muscles and nervous
tissues including bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal infections, together with disturbances of
metabolism and genetics of the locomotor system and tumors of muscles, bones and joints. The
course covers also the therapeutics of such diseases and their clinical aspects including signs and
symptoms, and disease presentation.
Course Number: Course Name: )7( Credit Hours
31500311 Nervous System and
Special Senses
This course covers nervous system and special senses from the stand points of anatomy, histology and
organization of the central and peripheral nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, and nerves
including their motor and sensory functions in addition to the study of vision, hearing and chemical
sense, cerebral cortex and intellectual functions, neurotransmission including its chemistry, receptors
and neurotransmitters, and chemistry of vision. It also covers diseases of the central nervous system
and organs of special senses including bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections, brain edema,
hydrocephalus, vascular disturbances, trauma, congenital malformations, tumors, degenerative and
immune-mediated disorders and the drugs used for the treatment of these diseases. The course is
concluded by covering the clinical aspects of disease that affect the central and peripheral nervous
system as well as special senses.
Course Number: Course Name: )5( Credit Hours
31500231 Cardiovascular System
This course covers cardiovascular system from the standpoints of anatomy and histology of the heart,
veins, arteries and capillaries, functions of the cardiovascular system including the physiology of the
heart, membrane properties, heart contractility and its mechanisms, electrical conduction and
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electrocardiography, heart as a pump and cardiac cycle, blood flow and its disorders, cardiac output,
blood pressure regulation, cardiac effort, circulatory disorders, heart failure, and cardiac enzymes and
their relationship to myocardial infarction. It also covers diseases of the heart and blood vessels
including infections, atherosclerosis, hypertension, ischemic heart diseases, congenital heart diseases
and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The course is concluded by the study of the clinical aspects
of the cardiovascular system including signs, symptoms, and disease presentation
Course Number: Course Name: )5( Credit Hours
31500341 Respiratory System
This course covers respiratory system from the standpoints of its anatomy and histology, functions
including respiration and its mechanisms and characteristics, airway resistance, gas diffusion in the
lung, and gas exchange and transport, pulmonary function tests, chemical properties of oxygen, its
transport and abnormalities and respiratory alkalosis and acidosis. It also covers diseases of the
respiratory tract including infections, vascular, obstructive, occupational and immune mediated
diseases, tumors of the respiratory tract and pharmacologic treatment of these diseases. The course is
concluded by covering the clinical aspects of the system.
Course Number: Course Name: (4) Credit Hours
31500271 Blood and Lymphatic
System
This course covers the cellular elements of lymph, blood and the histology of both central and
peripheral lymphatic systems, including bone marrow, thymus, spleen and lymph nodes. It also
covers the production of blood cells, the physiology of tissue fluids, lymph and plasma including the
functions of these fluids and cells, bleeding, coagulation, chemistry of blood and lymph together with
the structure of hemoglobin, its functions and hemoglobinopathies, plasma proteins, immunological
properties of plasma globulins, complement, immunological mechanisms, the diseases that affect
blood and the lymphatic system including disturbances of red blood cells, various types of anemia;
disturbances of white blood cells including their numbers and functions; leukemia's and lymphomas;
disturbances of bleeding and coagulation; diseases of the spleen and thymus; therapeutics of blood
and lymphatic diseases. The course also covers the clinical aspects of hematologic and
lymphoreticular diseases.
Course Number: Course Name: (6) Credit Hours
31500361 Genitourinary system
This course covers male and female genitourinary systems from the standpoints of anatomy and
histology and function including renal physiology which covers glomerular filtration, renal tubule
functions, acid base balance and the role of the kidney in that. It also covers the physiology of the
reproductive system of males and females, hormones and their functions as well as diseases of the
genitourinary system and breast including infections, benign and malignant tumors, inflammation,
placental disorders, gestation, infertility, renal failure and the treatment of these diseases. The course
is concluded by covering the clinical aspects of the system including the study of signs, symptoms,
and disease presentation.
Course Number: Course Name: (3) Credit Hours
31508301 Behavioral Sciences
This course is an introduction to and survey of the science of human behavior and mental processes.
There is a primary emphasis on the application of scientific reasoning and the empirical method to the
study of topics such as learning and cognition, the biological bases of behavior, personality,
motivation and emotion, social and group dynamics, developmental processes, and behavioral
disorders and treatment.
Course Number: Course Name: (8) Credit Hours
31500401 Introduction to Clinical (8 Weeks)
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 Medicine and Medical
Ethics
This course covers communication skills with patients and their relatives and the skills of history
taking and physical examination of different body systems and the study of signs and symptoms of
the diseases that affect the body through clinical training, lectures and seminars over an eight week
period. The course also covers the topics of medical informatics and medical ethics through lectures,
seminars and practical training.
Course Number: Course Name: (10) Credit Hours
31508402 Medicine (1) (10 Weeks)
This course covers through ten weeks of clinical training, lectures, seminars and group discussions
diseases that affect humans including methods of history taking and performing the physical
examination to reach into a diagnosis by studying these signs and symptoms. Additionally the course
covers the therapeutics and interventions used in the treatment of such diseases.
Course Number: Course Name: (10) Credit Hours
31507403 General Surgery (1) (10 Weeks)
This course covers surgical diseases that affects the different body systems, including history taking
and physical examination to reach into a diagnosis and the surgical methods used for their treatment
and patient follow up after surgery through clinical training, lectures, seminars and group discussions.
In addition, students will be exposed to clinical training in anesthesia and critical care.
Course Number: Course Name: (3) Credit Hours
31500412 Clinical Neurosciences (3 Weeks)
This course covers diseases that affect the central and peripheral nervous system including infections,
tumors, degenerative diseases and aging-related illnesses. In addition, the course covers road traffic
accidents, falling down and the cerebrovascular accidents including intracranial hemorrhage and
clotting. It also covers history taking and performing proper physical examination to reach into
diagnosis through programmed clinical training for three weeks, in neurology and neurosurgery in
addition to lectures, seminars and group discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (3) Credit Hours
31511401 Anesthesia and Intensive (3 Weeks)
Care
This course covers, through clinical training, lectures and seminars methods in modern anesthesia in
addition to management of intensive care patients. The course also covers the management of the
severe and chronic pain.

Course Number: Course Name: (4) Credit Hours

31506481 Orthopedic Surgery (4 Weeks)
This course covers specific surgical specialties through the study of signs and symptoms, etiology and
means of clinical, laboratory and radiological diagnoses, in addition to ways of medical and surgical
treatment including physiotherapy and rehabilitation for a period of four weeks of clinical training
including lectures seminars and group discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (3) Credit Hours
31508491 Primary Health Care/
Medicine
This course provides knowledge base to understand Primary Health Care (PHC) concepts, principles
as well as different PHC programs including reproductive health and safe motherhood. Medical
students will spend three week period in PHC-medicine rotation in PHC centers. Students during this
rotation are exposed to different health problems commonly seen in these PHC centers. Their role
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includes communication with patients, physical examination and active participation in management
plan. Lectures and seminars are conducted on common disease as well as on disease prevention and
health promotion. These sessions will focus on learning clinical skills essential to medicine, and will
include hands-on, team-based and case-based learning.
Course Number: Course Name: (8) Credit Hours
31509502 Pediatrics (1) (8 Weeks)
This course covers child development and growth both mentally and physically since birth, pediatric
care and prevention and control of diseases of childhood. It also covers diseases affecting children, its
etiology, mechanisms, symptoms and signs, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of these diseases
medically or surgically through eight weeks of programmed clinical training, lectures, seminars and
group discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (4) Credit Hours
51508512 Psychiatry (4 Weeks)
This course covers psychiatric disorders affecting humans, their etiology, mechanisms symptoms and
signs, diagnosis and dealing with the psychiatric patient and psychiatric interventions. It also covers
psychoorganic connection in certain diseases, pediatric and geriatric disorders, drug abuse and
narcotic and alcohol addiction, and psycho-sexual disorders. These topics are covered through clinical
training for four weeks in psychiatric outpatient clinics and hospitals through lectures, seminars and
group discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (2) Credit Hours
31506511 Ophthalmology (2 Weeks)
This course covers diseases of the eye including trauma, refractive errors and ways of their diagnosis
and medical and surgical treatment, through a two week period of clinical training, lectures, seminars
and group discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (2) Credit Hours
31506541 Otolaryngology (2 Weeks)
This course covers diseases of the ear, nose and throat together with disturbances of hearing, speech
and balance, through the study of signs and symptoms, etiology and means of clinical, laboratory and
radiological diagnoses, in addition to audiotesting and testing of balance, together with the ways of
treatment of such disturbances both medically and surgically, and prevention and control, through a
two week period of programmed clinical training, lectures, seminars and group discussions.

Course Number: Course Name: (2) Credit Hours

31506561 Urology (2 Weeks)
This course covers diseases that affect the urinary system including infections, obstructive lesions,
tumors and anomalies as well as methods of diagnosis and treatment through a two week clinical
training, lectures and seminars and group discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (2) Credit Hours
31508582 Dermatology (2 Weeks)
This course covers diseases of the skin and its appendages and pigmentation disorders involving
causes, signs and symptoms and therapeutic interventions as well as their epidemiology through two
weeks of clinical training, lectures, seminars and group discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (2) Credit Hours
31500591 Emergency Medicine (2 Weeks)
This course covers training in emergency medicine including the principles of diagnosis and
treatment of medical and surgical emergencies as well as management of accidents and casualties and
the legal aspects in medical practice.
Course Number: Course Name: (1) Credit Hours
31504592 Forensic Medicine and (1 Week)
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 Toxicology
This course covers training in management of accidents and casualties and the legal aspects in
medical practice, medicolegal accidents, medicolegal death, medicolegal responsibilities as well as
criminal investigations and methods of identification of the dead and the alive through two weeks of
programmed clinical training, lectures, seminars and group discussions. It also covers occupational,
agricultural, industrial and medical poisoning.
Course Number: Course Name: (2) Credit Hours
31512593 Diagnostic Radiology (2 Weeks)
This course is achieved through lectures and seminars which cover the principles of imaging and its
clinical applications in the diagnosis of diseases and injuries of the different body systems utilizing
simple x-rays, computerized tomography, nuclear resonance, ultrasonography, and radioisotope
scanning.
Course Number: Course Name: (4) Credit Hours
31505594 Family Medicine (4 Weeks)
This course is a for four weeks of clinical training that covers family medicine involving the training
of students to provide comprehensive medical care for all family members utilizing available
resources and consultative services with the aim to reach to a quality care. The course also covers
subjects related to community health including environmental health, school health, immunization
programs as well as medical records and medical informatics.
Course Number: Course Name: (8) Credit Hours
31510562 Obstetrics and (8 Weeks)
Gynecology (1)
This course covers diseases affecting the female reproductive system, infertility, menstrual
disturbances; their signs and symptoms, pathogenesis, methods of diagnosis and evaluation, medical
and surgical treatment, follow up, epidemiology, prevention and control. It also covers methods of
caring for the pregnant during pregnancy, labor and after delivery, normal and instrumental delivery
and caesarean section. In addition, it covers diseases of pregnancy, fertility, ectopic and pathological
pregnancy, birth control and contraception are covered. The course is executed through programmed
clinical training, lectures seminars, and group discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (3) Credit Hours
31503590 Therapeutics
During this course the pharmacotherapy of certain disorders will be comprehensively discussed by
integrating the pathophysiology of the disease with drug actions and uses. It will emphasize the
concept of evidence-based therapeutics in selecting the appropriate treatment of the particular patient,
and how to monitor response to drug and its adverse reactions. Emphasis will be given to drug-drug
and drug-disease interactions.
Course Number: Course Name: (3) Credit Hours
31509595 Primary Health care/
Pediatrics
This course provides a knowledge base to understand Primary Health Care (PHC) concepts,
principles as well as different PHC programs including reproductive health and, safe motherhood,
child's health and immunization. Medical students spend three week in pediatric PHC centers
rotation. Students during this rotation are exposed to different health problems commonly seen among
children’s. Students will be oriented to comprehend the followings: communication with children’s
and their families, physical examination and active participation of students in management plan.
Course description include: lectures and seminars that can targeting the most common diseases as
well as disease prevention and health promotion. These sessions will focus on teaching clinical skills
essential to pediatrics, and will include hands-on training, team-based and case-based learning.
Course Number: Course Name: (8) Credit Hours
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 31500691 Elective Clinical Training (8 Weeks)
This course assigned for clinical training for a period of eight weeks in a given clinical specialty
which will be elected by the student to be performed in recognized hospitals or medical centers inside
or outside Jordan.
Course Number: Course Name: (8) Credit Hours
31508602 Medicine (2) (8 Weeks)
This course provides the training of students in outpatient clinics and specialized units covering
clinical manifestations of diseases, their diagnosis and treatment. The course is delivered through
clinical training, lectures, tutorials, seminars and discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (8) Credit Hours
31507603 General Surgery (2) (8 Weeks)
This course involves the training of students in outpatient clinics, specialized units and operating
rooms covering clinical manifestations of diseases, their diagnosis and treatments in addition to
postoperative follow-up. The course is delivered through clinical training, tutorials, lectures, seminars
and discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (8) Credit Hours
31509602 Pediatrics (2) (8 Weeks)
This course covers pediatric diseases, methods of treatment and caring for the child through
programmed clinical training in outpatient clinics, Intensive Care Unit, and Neonatal Intensive Care
Unit, seminars and group discussions. Students are trained to deal with pediatric diseases through a
problem solving approach.
Course Number: Course Name: (8) Credit Hours
31510662 Obstetrics and (8 Weeks)
Gynecology (2)
This course covers the study of gynecological diseases, pregnancy, antenatal care, family planning
and contraception through programmed clinical training for a period of four weeks in outpatient
clinics, delivery room, and obstetrics operation room in addition to lectures, seminars and group
discussions.
Course Number: Course Name: (6) Credit Hours
31500692 Graduation Project
Each student will select a medical problem or topic and use either quantitative or qualitative research
inquiry to deal with it under the supervision of a teaching staff member. The student must write a
research paper at the end of the course about this project and discuss it with his supervisor to be
submitted for approval.

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